/*
 * @(#)AssemblyDescriptorController.java   09/10/11
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Ecole des Mines d'Ales
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * Contact: yulinz88@gmail.com
 */



package fr.ema.arch3d.ref.controllers.interfaces;

import java.util.List;

import org.objectweb.fractal.api.NoSuchInterfaceException;

import fr.ema.arch3d.jmodel.configuration.Configuration;

//~--- interfaces -------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * Interface description
 *
 *
 * @version        1.0, 09/09/13
 * @author         Enter your name here...
 */
public interface AssemblyDescriptorController {

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     * @throws NoSuchInterfaceException  
     */
    public void getCurrentAssDescription() throws NoSuchInterfaceException;

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     * @param config  
     */
    void setConfiguration(Configuration config);

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     * @return  
     */
    Configuration getConfiguration();

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     * @return  
     */
    List getCmpInsList();

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     * @return  
     */
    List getCtrInsList();

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     * @param cmpL  
     */
    void setCmpInsList(List cmpL);

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     * @param ctrL  
     */
    void setCtrInsList(List ctrL);

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     */
    void bindContainer();

    /**
     * get the component instances and its correspondent components
     * @return list which contains String []:component instance name, component name
     */
    public List getCmpsList();

    /**
     * get the component instances and its correspondent components
     * @return
     */
    public List getCtrsList();

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     * @param name  
     */
    public void setAssName(String name);

    /**
     * Method description
     *
     * @return  
     */
    public String getAssName();

    // void recordBinding(String aComp, String aItf, String bComp, String bItf);
    // void getCurrentConfiguration() throws NoSuchInterfaceException;
}
